Tom Carroll Froths For Michilis SurfAid Cup

Tom Carroll Froths For Michilis SurfAid Cup Newcastle

Two-time ASP world champion Tom Carroll is pumped to compete in the Michilis SurfAid Cup at Dixon Park, Newcastle, this Friday, February 21st as part of Surfest. “I can’t wait to pull the team together and I feel honoured just to come together for SurfAid, it’s such a great cause,” Carroll said.

“Each time in the SurfAid Cup it’s amazing how good a feeling it is, it’s uplifting. There’s warmth about the mission, and on top of that the competitive edge thing pops out,” Carroll said. “You don’t get that in any other event and that’s what makes the SurfAid Cups special.

“Plus I’m looking forward to mixing it up with the local surfers as there’s a lot of raw, natural talent coming out of Newcastle.”

The pros will join the 16 fundraising teams who are aiming to raise $80,000 for humanitarian organisation SurfAid in the charity tag-team surfing event at Dixon Park, next to the main Surfest site at Merewether.

Mark and Tom Michilis, directors of Michilis Pty Limited, said they were proud to sponsor this year’s SurfAid Cup Newcastle. Michilis is a local, Australian-owned company that is celebrating 50 years in the construction industry this year. “We competed in last year’s SurfAid Cup and as Managing Directors of Michilis we are proud to sponsor this year’s event,” Mark and Tom said. “We are extremely stoked to support SurfAid in this capacity.”

ABOUT SURFAID
The mission of SurfAid, a non-profit humanitarian organisation, is to improve the health, wellbeing and self-reliance of people living in isolated regions connected to us through surfing.

SurfAid has built an award-winning capacity in emergency preparedness and has delivered five emergency response programs following major disasters, including the Boxing Day 2004 tsunami and the October 2010 Mentawai tsunami.